Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell and Blake Shelton have been added to the bill at the inaugural iHeartRadio Music Awards.
Clear Media and Entertainment announced the first slate of acts for the three-hour, fan-voted show early Monday.
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Rihanna, Justin Timberlake and Imagine Dragons lead the nominations for the inaugural iHeartRadio Music Awards.
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Carina Kazandjian started singing at age 10. Five years later, she picked up a guitar and her life was never the same again.
"I started playing guitar and writing music at 15," Kazandjian said. "I have several pop singles out now on iTunes."
Now 20, the...

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Spotify, the Swedish streaming music service, is buying The Echo Nest, a data company that has analyzed more than 35 million songs.
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Beats Music has raised additional financial backing to help it take on Spotify and other rivals in the growing streaming music industry.
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